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John Crawley
Portrait of John Crawley

John Paul Crawley

Born: 21 September 1971, Maldon, Essex
Major Teams: Cambridge University, Lancashire, Hampshire, England.
Known As: John Crawley
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test, 1994
Latest Test:
England v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2002/03

ODI Debut:
England v Zimbabwe at Sydney, World Series, 1994/95
Latest ODI:
England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Carlton & United Series, 1998/99

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 07/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   35   57   8  1707  156*  34.83  39.86   4   9   27   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 03/02/1999)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   13   12   1   235   73   21.36  57.59   0   2    1   1

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1990 - 2002/03; last updated 11/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  255  417  41 17781  286   47.28  42  98  174   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              22      0   201    1 201.00  1-90    0   0 132.0  9.13

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1991 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  221  212  16  5952  114   30.36   5  35   61   4

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               1      0     4    0    -     -      0   0    -   4.00

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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John Crawley has scored a sackful of runs in county cricket, plays with great correctness and no little style - and yet never quite made a middle-order place in the England side his own. Perhaps he has been unfortunate that while he has been at his peak so too have been the likes of Graham Thorpe, Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain. In addition, a few Test centuries notwithstanding, perhaps the powers-that-be felt they could have expected a greater return from somebody who has shown such consistency at county level.

Crawley scored his maiden first-class hundred for Cambridge on the same day as his brother made his for Nottinghamshire. John made his Lancashire debut in 1990 but had already caught the eye of national selectors. He played for England Young Cricketers (later to become the Under-19s) against New Zealand in 1989 and captained them on their tour to New Zealand in 1990/91. He also played for England YC at home against Pakistan in 1990 and again skippered them against Australia the following year. He became the first player to score 1,000 runs in England Under-19 Tests.

Crawley's next step up came in 1993/94 when he toured South Africa with the England A team and he could scarcely have performed better. He easily topped the tour averages with 779 runs at 64.92 with his highest score an amazing 286 against Eastern Province at Port Elizabeth. He put on 261 for the third wicket with Alan Wells (126) and Crawley's innings was the highest by an Englishman on an England or England A tour for almost 30 years.

Selection for the England side was inevitable and he duly made his debut the following summer at Lord's against South Africa, but he was unable to bring his touring form to the domestic stage. In the three-Test series Crawley could muster only 59 runs. However, he had impressed sufficiently to go on tour to Australia in 1994/95 where he played in three matches and hit two half-centuries. For the remainder of the decade, Crawley found himself in and out of the side. He scored centuries in successive Tests against Pakistan and Zimbabwe in 1996 and his highest Test score was an unbeaten 156 against Sri Lanka at The Oval in 1998 (when Muttiah Muralitharan weaved his magic and finished with 16 wickets).

Even in the new Millennium, Crawley was still in the selectors' minds, for he toured the West Indies with England A who were competing in the Busta International Series in 2000/01. Crawley adapted his game to open the batting for the side on a number of occasions and with a great deal of success. At home he was appointed Lancashire vice-captain in 1998 and scored a century in each innings in a County Championship game against Glamorgan. He went on to top the first-class batting averages that season, scoring 1,851 runs at an average of 74.04.

The following season Lancashire appointed him captain and he led the county to the National League championship. The captaincy, however, did not sit easily on his shoulders and amid much acrimony - to say nothing of extensive legal activity - in the winter of 2001-02 he left Old Trafford having bought himself out of his contract. He joined Hampshire where he made an immediate impact with an innings of 272 against Kent in the first match for his new county.

Crawley continued to flourish in his new surroundings and by the time the squad for the first Test of the summer - against Sri Lanka at Lord's - was announced, he had forced his way back as the country's leading run-scorer with an average of 109.75. It was when he returned to Lord's for the first Test against India later in the summer that he secured his place in the team with innings of 64 and 100 not out as England won that match. He could not maintain that form in the rest of the series, but did enough for inclusion in the party for the Ashes where his previous experience counted in his favour. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Monday, 11-Nov-2002 17:14:57 GMT


 
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